Topic: airborne
CINCINNATI – Scientists have identified a genetic basis for determining the severity of allergic asthma in experimental models of the disease. The study may help in the search for future therapeutic ... morePITTSBURGH, Aug. 25 – Vitamin D may be an effective therapy to treat and even prevent allergy to a common mold that can cause severe complications for patients with cystic fibrosis and asthma, accord ... more
His reason for refusing to deploy? U.S. Army Pfc. Naser Abdo, a 20-year-old infantryman assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, refusal to fight against other Muslims and bases his decision on the Qu ... more
Bacteria are well-known to be the cause of some of the most repugnant smells on earth, but now scientists have revealed this lowest of life forms actually has a sense of smell of its own. A team of ma ... more
Bacteria are well-known to be the cause of some of the most repugnant smells on earth, but now scientists have revealed this lowest of life forms actually has a sense of smell of its own. A team of ma ... more
by Aldebra Schroll, MD As the oil continues to pour into the gulf from the BP oil rig, we are witnessing not only an environmental disaster but a potential health crisis too. It is no ... more
BOSTON, Mass. (June 24, 2010) – Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and Children #8217;s Hospital Boston have creat ... more
Research shows Pycnogenol decreases nasal and ocular symptoms in allergic rhinitis patients HOBOKEN, N.J. (June 23, 2010) – An estimated 60 million people in the U.S. are affected by allergic rhiniti ... more
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Ohio scientists hope to counter the re-emerging threat of tuberculosis (TB) with help from proteins from our bodies. In a research report published in the June 2010 print issue of the Journal of Leuko ... more
Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that CCL5 protec ... more
Workers exposed to the complex mixture of toxic airborne chemicals following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City had a decreased ability to detect odors and irritants two years ... more
New research from the Monell Center and collaborating institutions reports that workers exposed to the complex mixture of toxic airborne chemicals following the 9/11 disaster had a decreased ability t ... more
Aerosol transmission of Clostridium difficile could account for the increasing spread of its epidemic strains, researchers from the UK reported online April 28th in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Reu ... more
A tiny silicon chip that works a bit like a nose may one day detect dangerous airborne chemicals and alert emergency responders through the cell phone network. If embedded in many cell phones, its dev ... more
Contact: Robert Sievers Bob.Sievers@colorado.edu 303-492-7943 University of Colorado at Boulder Dry powder vaccine set for clinical trials this year in India A team of researchers led by the Universit ... more
Anyone who has ridden behind a truck belching black exhaust knows the smell and discomfort caused by soot, the airborne carbon particles that result from the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons such ... more
About 10 people have reportedly died in the Northwestern US after being infected with C. gatti. Heartwire ... more
A US-led research team has reported that a newly discovered strain of an airborne fungus more commonly found in the tropics, has killed several people in Oregon and is set to spread among humans and ... more
Unlike typical strains, new pathogen can attack healthy people, researchers say ... more
Contact: Jessica Mikulski newsroom@entnet.org 703-535-3762 American Academy of Otolaryngology #8212; Head and Neck Surgery This release is available in Chinese. Alexandria, VA – Traditional Chin ... more
Did you know that tuberculosis, an airborne infectious disease, remains one of the leading causes of death on our planet? If your answer is "no," you are not alone. While we have made significant pr ... more
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Everette James stressed the importance of increasing awareness of tuberculosis, or TB, and continuing efforts to control the infectious airborne disease that killed nearl ... more
>Medical Devices. The company is a medical devices company that specializes in air sterilization for both infection and asthma control. The company €™s technological platform uses air temperature dif ... more
Contact: Rita Sullivan news@rupress.org 212-327-8603 Rockefeller University Press Two studies published online on February 1 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (www.jem.org) reveal that patients ... more
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has launched "a major drive to improve agriculture" in Afghanistan, McClatchy/Miami Herald reports. During an airborne tour of the country's Helmand province on Tu ... more
While freezing weather gripps large parts of the United States early this morning - with no relief in sight for the rest of the week, Britain struggles to cope with the freezing weather conditions, ot ... more
The air in some school classrooms may contain higher levels of extremely small particles of pollutants - easily inhaled deep into the lungs - than polluted outdoor air, scientists in Australia and Ger ... more
Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are participating in a study sponsored by the U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in conjunction with the Massachusetts ... more
It #8217;s common knowledge that H1N1, the virus that causes swine flu, can be transmitted from person to person by coughing or sneezing. However, most people don #8217;t realize that the simple act o ... more
Everyone should have at least a few plants in their homes because they help remove common airborne contaminants that can be harmful, new research suggests. ... more
Exposure shortly after birth to ambient metals from residential heating oil combustion and particles from diesel emissions are associated with respiratory symptoms in young inner city children, accord ... more
According to the great paradigms of immunology, asthma, an allergic disease of the respiratory system, should always develop upon exposure to airborne antigens that are constantly being inhaled. Howev ... more
Damp environments, poorly maintained heating and air-conditioning systems and carpeting may contribute to poor indoor air quality, according to experts. Americans spend about 90 percent of their time ... more
Researchers in Belgium have discovered that a type of immune cell previously not well understood helped mice from developing an allergic reaction to certain airborne particles that can trigger ast ... more
A new mobile air research laboratory will help a team of researchers led by a Michigan State University professor better understand the damaging health effects of air pollution and why certain airbor ... more
A new mobile air research laboratory will help a team of researchers led by a Michigan State University professor better understand the damaging health effects of air pollution and why certain airbor ... more
Originally posted in Insidermedicine Nurses are as well protected from influenza with a standard surgical mask as with an N95 respirator while caring for febrile patients, according to a randomized tr ... more
Hay fever (or hayfever) also known as allergic rhinitis, is a common condition that shows signs and symptoms similar to a cold with sneezing, congestion, runny nose and sinus pressures. It is caus ... more
A large attack on a major metropolitan area with airborne anthrax could affect more than a million people, necessitating their treatment with powerful antibiotics. A new study finds that in order for ... more
A large attack on a major metropolitan area with airborne anthrax could affect more than a million people, necessitating their treatment with powerful antibiotics. A new study finds that in order for ... more
Stephania Cormier, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has shown for the first time that early exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals (pre ... more
Early exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals (present in airborne ultrafine particulate matter) affects long-term lung function, according to new research. These results could be especia ... more
In his must-read piece at The American Spectator, Peter Ferrara writes that America is headed for some bad crashes under the current flower child policies of left-wing extremism, on foreign policy and ... more
In the first ecological study of its kind in the world, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center researcher has uncovered the unique finding that groundwater and airborne manganese in North Car ... more
In the first ecological study of its kind in the world, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center researcher has uncovered the unique finding that groundwater and airborne manganese in North Car ... more
In the first ecological study of its kind in the world, a researcher has uncovered the unique finding that groundwater and airborne manganese in North Carolina correlates with cancer mortality at the ... more
The nation's first standard to safeguard workers from the spread of airborne diseases was approved yesterday by California's Office of Administrative Law and filed with the Secretary of State. ... more
Scientists are focusing on a new concept in fighting airborne pathogens by manipulating what is called the "switching time," the point at which a highly regulated immune response gives way to powerful ... more
Scientists are focusing on a new concept in fighting airborne pathogens by manipulating what is called the "switching time," the point at which a highly regulated immune response gives way to powerful ... more
An advance in solving the mysterious machine-workers' disease Scientists in Ohio are reporting a long-awaited advance toward making the workplace safer for more than one million machinists in the U ... more
Scientists are reporting a long-awaited advance toward making the workplace safer for more than one million machinists in the United States who may be exposed to disease-causing bacteria in contaminat ... more
"We frequently receive requests from members of the public for a natural product to ease their nasal hay fever symptoms. STÉRIMAR is a product recommended by experts to reduce the irritants within ... more
UV germicidal lamps have been used to control outbreaks of measles, mumps, flu and other airborne respiratory illnesses in schools and hospitals since the 1930's. ... more
PathCon Laboratories, the pathogen control experts, announced an initiative to assist pharmaceutical compounding facilities with US Pharmacopeia (USP) Regulation 797 compliance. The program provides a ... more
Researchers have identified a new role for certain lung cells in the immune response to airborne allergens. Many foreign substances, called antigens, are inhaled daily, but the lungs have mechanisms t ... more
Hay fever, also called allergic rhinitis, causes cold-like symptoms such as a runny nose, congestion, sneezing and sinus pressure. But unlike a common cold, which is caused by a virus, hay fever is an ... more
Ivera Medical Corporation, a San Diego (CA) based medical device company today announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance to begin marketing its Curos „¢ Port Protector, an innovative medical dev ... more
First let's make it clear that I have no inside information whatsoever, only questions. But I've had numerous emails from blogger-friends, a couple of whom do have some connections to friends who have ... more
Foot-and-mouth is a highly contagious disease of global socio-economic importance. In countries considered disease-free the control and eradication of any outbreak is reliant upon prompt detection of ... more
Ragweed is a prolific pollen producer and the number one cause of seasonal allergy symptoms, but people who are allergic can takes steps to avoid the airborne culprits according to the American Colleg ... more
A new test that can detect multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis in two days instead of the standard two to three months promises to help significantly improve treatment and prevent the spread of the a ... more
A new test that can detect multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis in two days instead of the standard two to three months promises to help significantly improve treatment and prevent the spread of the a ... more
Red Green touts duct tape as "The Handyman's Secret Weapon." Little does he know that the brilliant scientists of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta have their own take on the ubiquitous adhes ... more
Specific immune therapy works for many people and it is becoming increasingly popular in Europe. When it is green and the flowers have returned, the allergy season has hit its peak. And the number of ... more
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have conducted the largest nationwide study on the acute health effects of coarse particle pollution. Coarse particles are airborne p ... more
Exactly how airborne particulates harm our lungs still puzzles epidemiologists, physicians, environmental scientists, and policy makers. Now California Institute of Technology researchers have found t ... more
Exposure to coarse particulate matter air pollution such as from agricultural activities, windblown dust and mechanical grinding is not statistically significantly associated with emergency hospital a ... more
A toxic gas present in air pollution and tobacco smoke plays a significant role in triggering tuberculosis infection, according to a new study. The study shows for the first time how carbon monoxide t ... more
Amidst an increase in new tuberculosis cases, researchers have begun investigating the effectiveness of new operating room filtration systems designed to protect staff and patients. ... more
Amidst an increase in new tuberculosis cases, researchers have begun investigating the effectiveness of new operating room filtration systems designed to protect staff and patients. According to pilot ... more
Influenza virus was detectable in fine particles generated during normal breathing, which raises the question of whether the virus can be transmitted through the airborne route. Medscape Medical New ... more
I've used their product for years. Yes, the marketing worked on me but the idea proposed by the company, that one dose can instantly protect you when flying, is incorrect. The makers of Airborne ha ... more
Researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have developed a powerful sensor that can detect airborne pathogens such as anthrax and smallpox in less than three minutes. ... more
Researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have developed a powerful sensor that can detect airborne pathogens such as anthrax and smallpox in less than three minutes. ... more
If you bought Airborne, the popular herbal and vitamin formula originally touted as a cold preventive, you're due for a refund. ... more
A powerful sensor that can detect airborne pathogens such as anthrax and smallpox in less than three minutes has been developed. Current sensors take at least 20 minutes to detect harmful bacteria or ... more
A powerful air sterilization technology has killed every biological agent with which it has been challenged, including airborne spores, viruses and bacteria in independent tests conducted for the U.S. ... more